UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Turner Stadium - Beer Sheva Thursday 7 December 2017 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC Group G - Matchday 6 FC Viktoria Plzeň Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Match officials 14 Legend 16 1 Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC - FC Viktoria Plzeň Thursday 7 December 2017 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Turner Stadium, Beer Sheva Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Petržela 29, Kopic 76, FC Viktoria Plzeň - Hapoel Beer- 28/09/2017 GS 3-1 Plzen Bakoš 89; Nwakaeme Sheva FC 69 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 FC Viktoria Plzeň 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers AC Sparta Praha - Hapoel Beer- Bitton 23 (og), Lafata 03/11/2016 GS 2-0 Prague Sheva FC 38 Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC - AC 20/10/2016 GS 0-1 Beer Sheva Pulkrab 71 Sparta Praha FC Viktoria Plzeň - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Viktoria Plzeň - Maccabi Tel- 0-2 05/08/2015 QR3 Plzen Zahavi 76 (P), 83 Aviv FC agg: 2-3 Itzhaki 79; Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - FC 28/07/2015 QR3 1-2 Tel Aviv Mahmutović 17, Viktoria Plzeň Petržela 21 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Viktoria Plzeň - Hapoel Tel- Kolář 23, 76, Štípek 08/11/2012 GS 4-0 Plzen Aviv FC 39, Bakoš 84 Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC - FC Viktoria Maman 19; Horváth 25/10/2012 GS 1-2 Tel Aviv Plzeň 45+1, Rajtoral 55 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 6 FC Viktoria Plzeň 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 1 11 5 2 Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC - FC Viktoria Plzeň Thursday 7 December 2017 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Turner Stadium, Beer Sheva Match background Hapoel Beer-Sheva, the bottom-placed club in Group G, take on Viktoria Plzeň in Israel knowing that this will be their last European outing of the season. • Plzeň are through to the next round and will overhaul FCSB and take top spot if they win and the Romanian side fail to do likewise at home to Lugano. Previous meetings • The teams' first encounter, on matchday two, brought a 3-1 home victory for Plzeň, goals from Milan Petržela, Jan Kopic and Marek Bakoš eclipsing Anthony Nwakaeme's solitary strike for Beer-Sheva. • Plzeň have now won four of their five previous encounters with Israeli clubs, including both games in Israel. • Beer-Sheva's only other meetings with a Czech side ended in defeats by Sparta Praha (1-0 home, 2-0 away) in last season's UEFA Europa League group stage. Form guide • Beer-Sheva are without a victory in four European matches (D1 L3). However, they have won four of their five UEFA fixtures in Israel this season. • Plzeň have not claimed a European away win in their last 12 attempts (D5 L7). The last time they won away in a UEFA group stage was in Israel, 2-1 against Hapoel Tel-Aviv, on 25 October 2012. Including the UEFA Champions League, they have lost nine of their 12 away group fixtures since then. • Beaten on away goals by Maribor in the UEFA Champions League play-offs, Beer-Sheva are competing in the UEFA Europa League group stage for a second straight season, having made the round of 32 on their debut appearance in 2016/17. • Runners-up in last term's Czech First League, Plzeň are contesting the UEFA Europa League group stage for a third straight season. With their 2-0 win at home to FCSB on matchday five, they have successfully avoided a third successive autumn elimination and can look forward to a fourth round of 32 participation in the spring. Links and trivia • The journey from Plzen to Beer Sheva is around 2,700km. • Beer-Sheva boast Czech talent in the form of international striker Tomáš Pekhart, who played for Slavia Praha (2009), Jablonec (2010) and Sparta Praha (2011). • Pekhart played with Plzeň's Jan Kovařík at Slavia and Jablonec, and with Martin Zeman at Sparta. • Chasing their fifth championship title in eight seasons, Plzeň won their opening 14 Czech First League games before Teplice ended that run by holding them to a 0-0 draw on 26 November. • Hapoel's Loai Taha is available after a one-game ban. • Suspended for next game if booked: Marek Bakoš (Plzeň) The coaches • Appointed Beer-Sheva boss in 2015, Barak Bakhar promptly steered the club to their first title in 40 years, then successfully defended that crown in 2016/17. A defender, he spent his playing heyday at Hapoel Kiryat Shmona, whom he later coached. • After stints as Czech Republic and Anji coach, Pavel Vrba rejoined Plzeň this year, having earlier steered the club to two championships between 2008 and 2013. Once a Baník Ostrava player and coach, he lifted the 2006/07 Slovak title as Žilina boss. 3 Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC - FC Viktoria Plzeň Thursday 7 December 2017 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Turner Stadium, Beer Sheva Team facts Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC Formed: 1949 Nickname: The Camels UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 4 (2017) Israeli Cup: 1 (1997) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2015/16: UEFA Europa League second qualifying round 2014/15: UEFA Europa League second qualifying round 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 2-0 three times, most recently v Ludogorets 26/07/17, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-2: Internazionale Milano v Hapoel 15/09/16, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-7: Hapoel v Barcelona 12/09/95, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 10-0: Roda v Hapoel 02/10/97, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 2-0: Hapoel v Tirana 22/08/95, UEFA Cup preliminary round second leg • Biggest away win 0-2: Internazionale Milano v Hapoel (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-7: Hapoel v Barcelona (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Barcelona v Hapoel 26/09/95, first round second leg FC Viktoria Plzeň Formed: 1911 Nickname: Viktorka UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 4 (2016) Domestic cup: 1 (2010) 4 Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC - FC Viktoria Plzeň Thursday 7 December 2017 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Turner Stadium, Beer Sheva Ten-year record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2015/16: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2014/15: third qualifying round 2013/14: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2012/13: round of 16 2011/12: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2010/11: third qualifying round 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 2008/09: UEFA Champions League group stage 2007/08: UEFA Champions League group stage Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Plzeň v Ruch Chorzów 09/08/12, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-4: Pyunik v Plzeň 12/07/11, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Plzeň v Barcelona 01/11/11, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: Bayern München v Plzeň 29/09/71, European Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg 5-0: Bayern München v Plzeň 23/10/13, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 5-0: Plzeň v Ruch Chorzów (see above for details) • Biggest away win 0-3: Napoli v Plzeň 14/02/13, round of 32 first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Plzeň v Petrolul Ploieşti 07/08/14, third qualifying round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-1 twice, most recently v Roma 24/11/16, group stage 3-0 twice, most recently v FCSB 14/09/17, group stage 5 Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC - FC Viktoria Plzeň Thursday 7 December 2017 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Turner Stadium, Beer Sheva Squad list Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC Current season All-time UCL UEL League UEL UEFA No.